Demolition Of Bridges Aka Dismantling Emergency Bridges (1948)

River Thames, London. Dismantling wartime emergency bridge Vauxhall and Lambeth. Various shots of workmen disconnecting large girders which made up temporary bridge. They girders will be loaded onto barges and reused elsewhere. A man sits in rowing boat below the workers - he will rescue them if they fall. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.